One Way Road

They come, they take
It's never enough because they can't relate
To the real world
They're thinking that the oyster is just for the pearl
They start those wars
They want to own the land, sea, and all the stars
And right those wrongs
They're changing history with their poison forked tongues

Alright, who's they?
'A' maybe it's the government of today
Or 'B' for the 'big businessman' who thinks the whole world, yeah, revolves around him
Or 'C' for the 'corrupt official', for 'A' and 'B' he be the man in the middle
Or 'D' for 'discoverer', for Cook and Columbus and the pirate plunderer

Doesn't mean I ain't gonna fight now
Just because I don't got a gun
The lyrical is heavier than lead and
This guitar is my cannon
Just like Martin and Mahatma
I'm gonna love, I'm gonna overcome
Or maybe it's 'E' for 'all of the above'
But I don't want to be

Wrong way going down a one way road
Wrong way going down a one way road
Wrong way going down a one way road
Gonna turn it all around, gonna back it on up
Wrong way going down a one way road
Wrong way going down a one way road
Wrong way going down a one way road
Gonna turn it all around, gonna back it on up

These men, who they say we should follow
But we can't follow men if their hearts are hollow and
Mmmm yes, how can we respect puppet regimes that we do not elect?
Straight up, straight up, straight up like Pinocchio
And every time they lie, man, the fire just grows so
Now's time to be part of the solution
Raise your fist if you believe in revolution

Doesn't mean I ain't gonna fight now
Just because I don't got a gun
The lyrical is heavier than lead and
This guitar is my cannon
Just like Martin and Mahatma
I'm gonna love, I'm gonna overcome
Or maybe it's 'E' for 'all of the above'
But I don't want to be

Living in a pantomime
Living in a fantasy, oh
I don't wanna be, don't wanna be
I don't wanna be, don't wanna be, no
Living in a pantomime
Living in a fantasy, oh
I don't wanna be, don't wanna be
I don't wanna be, don't wanna be, no

Wrong way going down a one way road
Wrong way going down a one way road
Wrong way going down a one way road
Gonna turn it all around, gonna back it on up
Wrong way going down a one way road
Wrong way going down a one way road
Wrong way going down a one way road
Gonna turn it all around, gonna back it on up